This will be a partnered swap with boxes filled with 12 goodies for the holidays. We can start filling our boxes on September 15th (the day you get your partner) and you have until November 25 th to finish it and mail it out.

This is a "SECRET SISTER" SWAP - which means you will know for whom you are creating, but she will not know it is you ! THEREFORE it is IMPERATIVE that you have a MASTER QUESTIONNARIE and that it is up to date by Monday 9/16. Your Secret Sister will need to know something about you in order to make things that you will like....or to send you the RIGHT KIND of CHOCOLATES !!! Ha Ha

SIX items MUST be hand-made and SIX items should be store-bought. One each for the 12 Days of Christmas.

However, we will not just be using the "Twelve Days of Christmas" as the inspirational song.... We will use the following list - each song is for inspiration - it does NOT mean you have to stick to it literally...Please use your Cricut and Cuttlebug crafts for creating as much as possible. You may send your partner edible items as well as decorative and useful items. Read her MQ to see what she likes first so you don't send to chocolate to some poor soul who is allergic to chocolate !

1. Silent Night - Holy Night2. Angels we have Heard on High3. Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song)4. Oh Christmas Tree !5. I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus6. It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas7. Oh Little Town of Bethlehem8. We Three Kings9. Frosty the Snowman10.Jingle Bells11.Joy To the World ! 12. Twelve Days of Christmas

We will NOT be requiring a decorative BOX to hold the items. This usually adds extra weight to a package and makes it harder to pack things anyway. So, the 12 items should each be wrapped in tissue or placed in a bag or paper of some sort, then placed inside a mailing box of your choice. Priority Mail Flat rate boxes are a good way to go...and if you can get what is called a Flat Rate REGIONAL "A" OR REGIONAL "B" box, you may save even more money. They are available at the USPS.COM for free. The type of box you use is entirely up to you but I am encouraging everyone to please save money on mailing ....we do not have to make the Post Office rich.

ITEMS WILL BE CRAFTER'S CHOICE - but consider your partner's preferences...and make it something that you would be proud to own yourself...

Some things that you could make are : (just ideas)

Christmas tree ornamentsMini-ALbums (any kind )Altered Box Wall hangingBannerSet of Christmas or New Years cards (at least 4 cards with envelopes)A set of Christmas Gift Bags that you decorated. Something warm and cozy that you knitted with a Knifty Knitter !An altered teacup pincushion Altered Picture framePhoto album Designer ScrapbookAltered Tin or Jar filled with Candy

It IS required that you COMPLETE A MASTER QUESTIONNAIRE and that you post on the thread at least ONCE PER WEEK...please ! When you do not communicate it makes your partner feel uneasy....like you are a "Flaker"...and FLAKING IS NOT TOLERATED here ! Thank you ...

If you have never been in my swaps before, you must submit your name, mailing address, email address and a phone number in order to be accepted in the swap. All new members will be required to mail FIRST to their partners, as part of the "anti-flaker" efforts on the MB.

I want to join, but am honestly stumped by the phrases. The fall/halloween ideas come so easily to me. Christmas...not so much. I need to think about it some more this week and let you know.Laura

Laura - the phrases (song titles) are for inspiration...not to be taken that you have to make something that literally interprets the words. It may help to choose some decorative papers that depict a certain scene in one of the songs ( like using angel printed paper for the "Angels We have Heard on High" ...but you could also use "Clouds in the sky" printed papers )

ITEMS WILL BE CRAFTER'S CHOICE - but consider your partner's preferences...Some things that you could make are :

Christmas tree ornamentsMini-ALbums (any kind )Altered Box Wall hangingBannerSet of Christmas or New Years cardsA set of Christmas Gift Bags that you decorated.Something warm and cozy that you knitted with a Knifty Knitter !A pincushion Altered Picture frame

Just saw your post about doing this as a secret sister or knowing our partners. I'm good with what ever the majority decides. I have not done a secret sister swap on this board. All mine have been partner swaps.

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